Do you know how many nationalities there are in the world? Answering this question is not as easy as it seems at first glance. There are quite a lot of contradictions in the understanding of the very term “nationality”. What is this? Linguistic community? Citizenship? This article will be devoted to bringing some clarity to the problems of nationalities of the world. We will also look at what ethnic groups produce beauties and attractive men. Naturally, nationalities can disappear and assimilate. And an individual in our age of globalization can be a product of a mixture of different ethnic groups. And often it is difficult for a person to answer the question of what his nationality is. But if we talk about large groups of people, then we can identify several factors by which ethnicity is determined.
Citizenship and nationality
Firstly, not all powers are monolithic in the ethnic composition of their populations. And even if we do not take into account the presence of migrants, the so-called “first generation citizens,” then even then we cannot say that there are one hundred and ninety-two nationalities of the world. The list of states (and there are so many of them on the political map) does not give us an idea of the numerous ethnic groups inhabiting these same countries. For example, in Russian Federation Representatives of more than one hundred and eighty nationalities live here. And North and South Korea are inhabited by one people, separated by a demarcation line due to political strife. There is a concept of “American nation”, but it is extremely diverse in ethnic composition. The same can be said about Australia, New Zealand and Canada, whose lands were settled by emigrants from all over the world. At the same time, even in such a seemingly monolithic country in terms of ethnic composition as Poland, there are Silesians, Kashubians, Lemkos and other groups.
Language and nationality
One of the markers by which one can determine whether a person belongs to a particular nation is his language. In the population census, this factor is placed at the forefront. If we are guided by this marker, then the question of how many nationalities there are in the world can be answered: from two and a half to five thousand. Why is there such a huge discrepancy in numbers? Because we are faced with a new difficulty: what is language? Is it a dialect, a dialect used by a certain ethnic community? But also to determine nationality a person’s language is also not entirely correct. After all, not all Jews know Hebrew. And it almost died, and now the government is making incredible efforts to revive it. Residents of the Green Island speak English, but do not consider themselves British.
Appearance and nationality
An even more precarious path is to determine the ethnicity of an individual by his physiological characteristics. What can we say about a person's appearance? If he has blond hair and blue eyes, then he can equally well turn out to be a Swede, a Russian or a Pole. We can, of course, talk about Scandinavian, Mediterranean, Latin American, but all this does not give us an idea of what a representative of the “titular nation” should look like. Moreover, with the dominant brunette gene, blondes are gradually “dying out.” The nationalities of the world, whose representatives inhabited the lands previously known as the countries of fair-haired people (Bulgaria, states on the Balkan Peninsula, Italy, Georgia), after the Turkish conquest noticeably “darkened.” So define ethnicity by appearance does not seem possible. Although, of course, there are certain facial features that are often found in representatives of a particular nationality.
Formation of ethnic groups
All the nationalities of the world in their own way historical development have come a long way. Ancient tribes entered into military-trade alliances with each other and long time lived in close proximity. As a result, certain differences were erased, dialects came closer together, forming one language. One can cite the example of the ancient Romans. In addition to the Latins who inhabited the regions along the banks of the Tiber, the Veneti, Auzones, Lucanians, Osci, Messapians, Piceni, Umbrians and Falisci took part in the formation of the people. And their dialects still exist today! The huge Roman Empire, which included many nationalities, collapsed in the Middle Ages. Latin - official language ancient state - gave impetus to the formation of Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish. Awareness of the multitude by one community within the state gives rise to a nation.
Natural assimilation
Not all nationalities of the countries of the world have survived to this day. A smaller nation surrounded by a larger one risks losing its identity, especially if it is included in a state where “ titular nation"This is considered to be the largest nationality. This happened in the USSR. The first census, conducted in 1926, found that there were 178 nationalities living in the state. In 1956, there were only 109 of them. And there were 91 large nationalities, which numbered more than ten thousand people. Thus, in less than thirty years, the number of ethnic groups has decreased significantly. Of course, not everyone became Russian. Adjarians, Laz, Svans and Mingrelians began to associate themselves with Georgians; Kuramins, Turks and Kipchaks began to consider themselves Uzbeks. Thus, if not supported cultural characteristics small nations, there is a serious risk that they will disappear.
Forced assimilation
Sometimes governments, wary of separatist sentiments, pursue policies aimed at the deliberate destruction of nationality as such. They do not kill members of the ethnic minority, but carry out targeted assimilation measures. For example, in Poland after World War II, all Lemkos were taken out of their places of compact residence and settled in small groups in other regions of the country. In the south of France for a long time Schoolchildren were punished if they began to speak the local Occitan dialect. Only in the eighties of the twentieth century, under public pressure, elective courses were opened to study the almost extinct dialect. Since the world's small nationalities are already inclined to dissolve into large ones, assimilating them by force is a violation of human rights.
How many nationalities are there in the world?
Nobody knows this. According to various sources, the nationalities of the peoples of the world can number from four and a half to six thousand. The total number of languages and dialects ranges from two and a half to five thousand. But there are still tribes that do not make contact with the civilized world (the so-called un-contacted people). How many such tribes are still found in Africa, the Amazon Valley? It is also quite difficult to determine the line between ethnic group, nationality and nationality. But there is another opinion about larger communities. It is believed that a nation is a purely political construct. This theory is gaining more and more supporters in modern society.
Beautiful nationalities of the world: list
Assimilation, of course, can lead to the disappearance of an ethnic group. But mixing blood only improves the gene pool. The so-called mestizos have always amazed us with their beauty and talents. Let us at least remember the Russian poet A.S. Pushkin, in whose veins Slavic and African blood flowed. If we talk not about certain individuals, but about large groups people, then the same relationship can be traced here. The most beautiful community is the one in which they are mixed, as in a crucible, different nationalities peace. Yes, countries Latin America amaze with the abundance of beauties and angelic men. Indeed, local Indian tribes, Spaniards and people from Africa took part in the formation of Costa Ricans, Brazilians and Colombians. Citizens former USSR They are also quite good-looking, since many of them were born as a result of mixed interethnic marriages.
Where do the most beautiful girls live?
This issue worries not only representatives of the stronger sex. Of course, everyone has their own standard of beauty, but aren’t Miss Universe competitions held? Let's do a small one statistical analysis to identify which country is most likely to have the most beautiful women peace. The nationality of the charming winner is not taken into account by the jury. But we will consider the charming girl a representative of the “titular nation”.
So, according to surveys done by various men and women women's magazines, in first place in beauty are residents of Brazil. After all, this Latin American country is real. Here you can meet both an irresistible blonde and a charming black woman. Many Asians gave Brazilians the languor of the Japanese orchid and almond-shaped eyes. If you like tall blondes, then feel free to go to Sweden for them. Argentines are in third place. The fourth position is held by Ukrainians, and the fifth by Russians.
Where do the most handsome men in the world live by nationality?
A selection of super attractive macho men from different countries was made by the travel portal Travelers Digest. He did his own research to properly guide single ladies on a romantic getaway. What happened? What nationalities of the world gave birth to large quantity Apollo's?
The portal warns that it assessed not only the external data of men, but also their upbringing, level of intelligence, and ability to care for a lady. Swedes, residents of New York and Amsterdam lead the list. The Top Ten included the Portuguese, Argentines, Australians, Spaniards, Germans, Italians and Israelis. But girls often notice that the portal is wrong. In their opinion, residents of Latin American countries, Spaniards, Italians and Turks are more attractive.
The largest nations of the world May 12th, 2012
Modern science is not yet able to answer the question of what is the exact number of peoples on Earth and how many of them are nations, nationalities and other types of ethnic groups. Most often, ethnographers determine the total number of peoples on the planet to range from 2200 to 2400.
Only 24 of them have a population exceeding 50 million people. And out of twenty-four, nine represent India.
Most big people on Earth - the Chinese (self-name - Han), who currently number 1 billion 310 million people. This represents 19% of the total population of our planet.
Chinese actor and director Jackie Chan
In second place among the most large nations The land is home to the Arabs, who currently number about 350 million people.
Arab actor Omar Sharif
Hindustani are in third place among the largest nations on Earth, but they can be called united people only conditionally. Hindustani are a group of ethnic groups in India who are united by the unity of the language - Hindi. Currently, more than 330 million people speak Western and Eastern Hindi dialects.
Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan, Hindustani by nationality
The fourth largest population among the nations of the Earth is occupied by Americans (314 million people). Americans are a group of national groups of different origins who are citizens of the United States and bearers of American culture, and as a result, claim to be called a single people.
US President Barack Obama with his family
In fifth place among largest nations On the planet there are Bengalis - the main population of the state of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India. The total number of Bengalis in the world is more than 250 million (about 150 million in Bangladesh and about 100 million in India).
Indian writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali by nationality
In sixth place among the largest nations on Earth are the Brazilians (193 million people) - a nation that was formed in the same way as the American nation - by mixing different ethnic groups.
Brazilian fashion model Camila Alves
The seventh largest people on Earth are Russians, of whom there are about 150 million people in the world, of which 116 million live in Russia, 8.3 million in Ukraine, 3.8 million in Kazakhstan. Russians are the largest people in Europe.
19th-century Russian writer Leo Tolstoy
Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova
The eighth largest people on the planet are Mexicans, of whom there are 147 million people in the world, of which 112 million people. live in Mexico and 32 million in the USA.
Mexican Ximena Navarrete - Miss Universe 2010
The ninth largest people in the world are the Japanese (130 million people).
Japanese actress Kyoko Fukada
Punjabis close the top ten largest nations on Earth. There are 120 million Punjabis in the world, of which 76 million are lives in Pakistan and 29 million in India.
Indian actor Hrithik Roshan, Punjabi by nationality
There are 11 nations in the world, numbering more than 100 million people. These peoples, in addition to the above, also include the Biharis, who mainly live in the Indian state of Bihar. There are 105 million Biharis in the world.
Indian actress Sonakshi Sinha of Bihari origin
The 12th largest people in the world are the Javanese (85 million people), indigenous people Java islands in Indonesia.
Javanka Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia
The 13th largest people on the planet are Koreans. There are 81 million Koreans in the world, of which 50 million live in South Korea and 24 million - in North Korea.
South Korean actors Song Seung Heon (left) and Song Hye Kyo
The 14th largest people in the world - the Marathas (80 million people) - are the main population of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Indian actress Madhuri Dixit is from the Maratha people.
The 15th largest people on Earth are the Tamils, of whom there are 77 million people in the world, of which 63 million live in India.
Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand (Tamil by nationality), current world chess champion.
There are approximately the same number of Vietnamese (Viets) in the world as there are Tamils (77 million people).
Truong Tri Truc Diem (born 1987) - singer, actress, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Represented Vietnam twice international competitions beauty: in 2007 she took part in the Miss Earth contest, and in 2011 in the Miss International contest.
Another large nation is the Germans. There are 75 million Germans in Germany. If we also count persons German origin, then we get a more impressive figure - 150 million people. For example, in the United States, 60 million people have German ancestry, making them the largest ethnic group among Americans.
German actress Diane Kruger
The Telugu people, the main population of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, also number at least 75 million.
Indian spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti, Telugu by nationality.
About 70 million people are Thai - the main population of Thailand.
Thai Piyaporn Deejin, Miss Thailand 2008
About 65 million people are Turks.
Tuba Büyüküstün is a Turkish actress.
Also, at least 65 million people are Gujaratis - the main population of the Indian state of Gujarat.
Indian politician Mahatma Gandhi, Gujarati by nationality
One of the largest peoples in Europe and the world is the French (64 million people).
Catherine Deneuve - French actress
Other European nation, one of the largest nations in the world, are the Italians. 60 million Italians live in Italy
Claudia Cardinale - Italian actress
About 60 million people are Sindhis. 53.5 million Sindhis live in Pakistan and about 6 million Sindhis live in India.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto is a Sindhi.
The population of the earth, its composition, quantity constantly excites the minds of mankind. Many questions arise. Are we getting more or less? If the number of people increases, will there be enough water and food for everyone?
World population by race
On six continents globe Many nationalities live, but the world's population is mainly represented by 4 races:
. Caucasian;
. Mongoloid;
. Negroid;
. Australoid.
Of course, the first group mainly lives in Europe, the second in Asia, Negroids predominate in Africa, and the Australoid group inhabits Australia. However, only 70 percent of the population belongs to the main groups, the remaining 30 are groups formed as a result of racial mixing. This is how groups of mestizo, mulatto and sambo appeared.
Racial groups manifest themselves in tribes, nationalities, and nations. On the globe you can find a nationality whose population number is no more than 1000, while the number of Chinese has long exceeded the billion mark.
The world's population lives in different states, in which one nationality may live, but, as a rule, many nations live in one state with their own traditions, rituals, and religions, which is often a source of conflicts with the clarification of interethnic relations.
If there were 100 of us
If we imagine the world's population, the number of which is constantly growing in percentage terms, then by race, Asians will make up 57%, Europeans will be 21%, South and North Americans - 14%, and Africans represent only 8%.
52% of women and 42% of men live on earth, of which only 30% are white, 11% identify themselves as homosexuals.
The world's wealth mainly belongs to the 6% percent of wealthy Americans, while almost 60% of the world's population becomes homeless.
Only 1% of the total population has computer equipment, only 1% has acquired higher education.
Only 67% of people on earth do not even appreciate the opportunity to use clean water, while 24% live without electricity at all.
In an age of varied abundance, 50% of people constantly live half-starved, and 1% of the population dies of hunger.
In the world, 10% are alcoholics, and 1% are HIV-infected.
This statistics forces us to reconsider our every day and learn to appreciate everything we have.
What languages do we mostly communicate in?
The world's population is a group that speaks a variety of languages, represented by language families and language groups.
The Indo-European family is the largest, these languages are spoken by more than half of the world's population, these are:
. English;
. Hindi;
. Spanish;
. Russian;
. Bengal;
. Portuguese;
. German;
. French.
A prominent representative of the Sino-Tibetan language family is Chinese, but it has so many dialects that people living in different places sometimes do not understand each other.
Russian and Chinese languages have become one of the most common languages due to the size of the occupied area of the globe. When getting to know language families, one cannot help but note the following:
- Niger-Kordofanian (Zulus, Bantu, Tegali, Wolof and others);
- Afroasiatic (Arabs, Jews, Gauls, Somalis, Hausa and others);
- Altai (Tatars, Turkmens, Kazakhs, Kalmyks, Turks, Yakuts and others);
- Darvidian (Tamil, Kannara, Telugu, Malayali);
- Austronesian (Maori, Hawaiians, Malays, Tahitians and others);
- Ural (Estonians, Hungarians, Georgians, Chechens, Udmurts and others).
If the population grows
According to statistics, demographic growth is constantly observed. The world's population is increasing every year, despite the fact that about 25 thousand people die every day from hunger in Africa alone. Many people are concerned about how much land reserves will be enough to avoid famine.
UN experts have calculated that this moment There is enough food on earth for 9 billion. The problem is not the lack of food on earth, but the distribution of this food.
If 900 million people are hungry, then 1.5 billion cannot lose weight and are sick from being overweight.
Constant demand for food will cause an increase in supply and, of course, an increase in prices.
It will be much worse with water; according to the same UN experts, by 2050 the water shortage will be 40%. How to get out of this situation will be the development high technology on water use and purification.
Another problem is the increase in carbon dioxide concentrations as industry develops. Lack of clean air causes widespread illness.
Migration and urbanization of the population
The world's population, which has exceeded 7 billion, is slowly but surely moving to cities. At the same time, it is not their well-being that will increase, but the number of suburban slums will increase - by 2030, half of city residents will live in slums.
The constant desire for prosperity forces people to migrate in search of work. More than 3% of the world's population constantly moves to find better-paying jobs. Cheap work force most in demand in the USA.
It is difficult to calculate how many nationalities there are in the world, since there is always a merging of peoples in the world. There are 251 countries in the world. But there are approximately 2000 nationalities, with their own language and religion, but this figure is constantly changing, due to the fact that some peoples simply disappear from the face of the earth.
There are more than 2000 nationalities in the world, but these are the main nationalities.
But every nationality has ethnic peoples, as for example among the Dagestanis - Avars, Dargins, Lezgins, Laks, Tabasarans, Nogais, Rutulians, Tsakhurs, Agulians, etc.
If by nationality, then 252.
No one can name the exact number of nationalities living on Earth; the number gradually changes, some nationalities disappear or merge with others. As of 2015, there are about two thousand nationalities.
Although the humanity of the Earth was usually divided into races, and these are four main ones: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid and Australoid. But they are only 70% of the total population of the world, and 30% are already racial groups that arose as a result of the mixing of these main races. There are 3-4 thousand in the world various peoples. Mixing of blood occurs constantly in our world. If there was a time when national borders coincided with state borders, where 90% of the population consisted of the main nationality, for example Denmark, Poland, many Latin American states, now people migrate more often.
It all depends on what you mean by nationality. So in domestic understanding, nationality is ethnic origin individual, that is, to which nation he belongs. In the West, the term nationality refers to citizenship, or state affiliation of a person. If we evaluate the number of nationalities in the domestic sense of the word, then their number per different estimates will be from 4500 to 6000. In the second case, the number of nationalities coincides with the number of states and becomes the number 192.
If by the term nationality you mean some belonging to one or another ethnic group of a certain individual, then in the whole world there are about 2000 such groups that are registered in official sources, but I do not agree with this, because I believe that if a person has modern world there was a mixing of blood, then it will be a different nationality, and not a choice between mother or father
Now there are from 4,500 to 6,000 nationalities on Earth, but no one can say for sure how many nationalities actually exist on our Earth, but these numbers are only approximately estimated; there are many ethnic groups, groups of nationalities that differ in their characteristics and language, external features (appearance, eyes).
There are more than 180 nationalities in Russia alone.
But the total number of languages on earth ranges from 2500 to 5000.
They say that the number nations equal to the quantity states, but there are even more nationalities.
There are no exact data, because different countries have their own concept of nationality, moreover, some of them do not have specific information due to poor organization of the population census.
If we consider that in Russia alone there are more than 200 nationalities, then I think this figure will reach more than 1000.
The names of all nationalities living in our country can be found on WIKIPEDIA at the link:
There are many nationalities on Earth, some indicate numbers from 800 to 2 thousand. The discrepancies are so great for the reason that not all countries keep records of their national composition and the population census is poorly developed.
I found information that there are 252 nationalities living on Earth. WITH full list and the number of peoples can be found in the photo below.
No one knows the exact number of nationalities of people living in our time for one simple but global reason: **INTERRACIAL AND INTERNATIONAL MIXING**, for example: a Ukrainian woman gives birth to a black man, a Russian woman to a Kazakh woman, a Polish woman to a Chinese man, etc. The approximate number of nationalities is about 2000 thousand
No one can say the exact number of nationalities on the planet, but official sources put the figure at about 2000. Only according to official data, about two hundred nationalities live in our country.
Russia is famous as a multinational state; more than 190 peoples live in the country. Most of them ended up in the Russian Federation peacefully, thanks to the annexation of new territories. Each nation has its own history, culture and heritage. Let us examine in more detail the national composition of Russia, considering each ethnic group separately.
Large nationalities of Russia
Russians are the largest indigenous ethnic group living in Russia. The number of Russian people in the world is equal to 133 million people, but some sources indicate a figure of up to 150 million. More than 110 (almost 79% of the total population of the country) million Russians live in the Russian Federation, most Russians also live in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. If we look at the map of Russia, the Russian people are distributed in large numbers throughout the entire territory of the state, living in every region of the country...
Tatars, compared to Russians, make up only 3.7% of the country's total population. Tatar people has a population of 5.3 million people. This ethnic group lives throughout the country, the most densely populated city of Tatars is Tatarstan, more than 2 million people live there, and the most sparsely populated region is Ingushetia, where there are not even a thousand people from the Tatar people...
Bashkirs are the indigenous people of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The number of Bashkirs is about 1.5 million people - this is 1.1% of total number all residents of the Russian Federation. Of the one and a half million people, the majority (approximately 1 million) live on the territory of Bashkortostan. The rest of the Bashkirs live throughout Russia, as well as in the CIS countries...
Chuvash are indigenous people Chuvash Republic. Their number is 1.4 million people, which is 1.01% of the total national composition of Russians. If you believe the population census, then about 880 thousand Chuvash live on the territory of the republic, the rest live in all regions of Russia, as well as in Kazakhstan and Ukraine...
Chechens are a people settled in the North Caucasus; Chechnya is considered their homeland. In Russia the number Chechen people was 1.3 million people, but according to statistics, since 2015 the number of Chechens in the Russian Federation has increased to 1.4 million. This people makes up 1.01% of the total population of Russia...
The Mordovian people have a population of about 800 thousand people (approximately 750 thousand), this is 0.54% of the total population. Most of the people live in Mordovia - about 350 thousand people, followed by the regions: Samara, Penza, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk. Least of all this ethnic group lives in the Ivanovo and Omsk regions, not even 5 thousand belonging to the Mordovian people will gather there...
The Udmurt people number 550 thousand people - this is 0.40% of the total population of our vast Motherland. Most of the ethnic group lives in Udmurt Republic, and the rest dispersed across neighboring regions - Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Sverdlovsk region, Perm region, Kirov region, Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous region. A small part of the Udmurt people migrated to Kazakhstan and Ukraine...
The Yakuts represent the indigenous population of Yakutia. Their number is 480 thousand people - this is about 0.35% of the total national composition in the Russian Federation. Yakuts make up the majority of the inhabitants of Yakutia and Siberia. They also live in other regions of Russia, the most densely populated regions of Yakuts are the Irkutsk and Magadan regions, Krasnoyarsk region, Khabarovsk and Primorsky District...
According to statistics available after the population census, 460 thousand Buryats live in Russia. This represents 0.32% of the total number of Russians. The majority (about 280 thousand people) of the Buryats live in Buryatia, being the indigenous population of this republic. The rest of the people of Buryatia live in other regions of Russia. The most densely populated territory with Buryats is the Irkutsk region (77 thousand) and the Trans-Baikal Territory (73 thousand), and the least populated is the Kamchatka Territory and Kemerovo region, you can’t find even 2000 thousand Buryats there...
The number of Komi people living on the territory of the Russian Federation is 230 thousand people. This figure is 0.16% of the total population in Russia. For living, these people have chosen not only the Komi Republic, which is their immediate homeland, but also other regions of our vast country. The Komi people are found in the Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and Omsk regions, as well as in the Nenets, Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrugs...
The people of Kalmykia are indigenous to the Republic of Kalmykia. Their number is 190 thousand people, if compared as a percentage, then 0.13% of the total population living in Russia. Most of these people, not counting Kalmykia, live in Astrakhan and Volgograd regions- about 7 thousand people. And the least number of Kalmyks live in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Stavropol Territory - less than a thousand people...
Altaians are the indigenous people of Altai, therefore they live mainly in this republic. Although some of the population left historical territory habitat, now they live in the Kemerovo and Novosibirsk regions. The total number of the Altai people is 79 thousand people, a percentage of 0.06 of the total number of Russians...
The Chukchi belong to small people from the northeastern part of Asia. In Russia, the Chukchi people have a small number - about 16 thousand people, their people make up 0.01% of our total population multinational country. These people are scattered throughout Russia, but most of them settled in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Yakutia, Kamchatka Territory and Magadan Region...
These are the most common peoples that you can meet in the vastness of Mother Russia. However, the list is far from complete, because there are also foreigners in our state. For example, Germans, Vietnamese, Arabs, Serbs, Romanians, Czechs, Americans, Kazakhs, Ukrainians, French, Italians, Slovaks, Croats, Tuvans, Uzbeks, Spaniards, British, Japanese, Pakistanis, etc. Most of the listed ethnic groups make up 0.01% of the total population, but there are peoples with more than 0.5%.
We can continue endlessly, because the vast territory of the Russian Federation is capable of accommodating many peoples, both indigenous and those arriving from other countries and even continents, under one roof.
